mtl008 Chapter 330 Night Chapter
Chapter 330 Night Chapter
The eldest child waved his hand, and the other children came running over and stood awkwardly in front of Qinghe and Asheng.
"Don't be afraid, they are all guests who want to stay overnight. We will take them into the village to find the village chief."
After saying that, the eldest child led a group of children and jumped in front to lead the way, while the carriage followed slowly behind.
After entering the village and turning right, they arrived at the village chief's house in a short while. Before they even stopped, the boy ran to the gate and shouted, "Grandpa Village Chief, we have guests staying overnight!"
Hearing the sound, a white-haired but energetic old man walked out of the house.
Seeing Lin Shuyue and her group, a warm smile immediately appeared on his wrinkled face, and he greeted them, "Guests, please come in and rest your feet and have a drink of water."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Lin Shuyue politely declined and then stated her purpose.
After hearing this, the village chief smiled even more sincerely: "Our village is right next to the official road, and passing merchants often come to stay here.
Therefore, those who have spare rooms clean their houses very well.
Come on, I'll show you around and see which house is suitable."
"Okay, thank you, old man."
Although the village chief is in his sixties, he still walks very steadily. Lin Shuyue, Su Jinxiao and his group followed the village chief to look at several houses, and finally decided to stay in the house closest to the village entrance.
This family consists of an old woman living with a somewhat mentally retarded grandson.
This farmhouse has a total of five rooms, the main house and the main hall count as two rooms, and there are two side rooms on each side.
The old woman lived in the main house with her grandson, and the remaining four side rooms were empty. Perhaps because she often received guests, the rooms were kept very clean.
Seeing that they had made up their minds, the village chief quietly asked Lin Shuyue and Su Jinxiao to step aside and briefly explained the old woman's situation in a low voice.
People in the village call the old woman Grandma Sun. Grandma Sun originally had two sons and one daughter. After her two sons got married, they gave birth to three grandsons and one granddaughter. They lived a happy life.
Unexpectedly, one night two years ago, a group of bandits suddenly came to the village.
The bandits were ruthless and committed all kinds of evil. They burned, killed and looted the village wantonly. The villagers fought desperately, but many of them died.
Fortunately, someone in the neighboring Dahua Village saw the fire coming out of Xiaohua Village and guessed that something had happened. He immediately woke up the men in the village and asked them to rush over with kitchen knives, hoes and sticks to help repel the bandits.
Grandma Sun's family lived closest to the village entrance and suffered the worst fate. Her husband, two sons, daughters-in-law, granddaughters and grandsons were all killed by the bandits, leaving only Grandma Sun and her little grandson Zhuzi.
What is even more pitiful is that her little grandson Zhuzi had a high fever for several days after the incident, and became mentally retarded after waking up.
Lin Shuyue and Su Jinxiao felt a little heavy-hearted after hearing the village chief's words.
This is the way the world is. Ordinary people can lose their families and homes just by a natural disaster or man-made calamity. No matter how difficult it is, they still have to grit their teeth and get through it.
Of course, she also understood the village chief's intention in telling her and Su Jinxiao all this. He simply hoped that they would pity the grandparents and grandchildren, and at least not make things difficult for them, even if they didn't lend a helping hand.
Seeing that the two guests understood what he meant, the village chief did not bother them any further and went home.
Lin Shuyue and Su Jinxiao returned to the courtyard in silence. Qinghe and Qingzhi had already cleaned up the first room in the east wing.
Su Jinxiao brought a lot of people with him, so they used three rooms, and Lin Shuyue lived in one room with Qinghe and Qingzhi.
Qinghe borrowed the host's kitchen to cook dinner. Lin Shuyue invited Su Jinxiao to join them. Su Jinxiao did not hesitate and sat down to eat with them.
A group of people were having dinner in the main hall when an eight-year-old child suddenly ran in. It was Grandma Sun’s grandson Zhuzi.
After Zhuzi came in, he didn't say anything. He just squatted on the ground and watched everyone eat.
Everyone felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. Just when Lin Shuyue was about to ask Qinghe to get another set of bowls and chopsticks, Grandma Sun hurried in.
"The child is ignorant, please don't mind it."
Grandma Sun took Zhuzi's hand, hunched her back, and smiled apologetically at everyone.
"It's okay, it's okay." Everyone waved their hands quickly. They were not going to bother with a child.
Lin Shuyue put down her bowl and chopsticks, stood up and walked to the pillar, and took out a bag of sesame candy wrapped in oil paper from her arms like a magic trick.
She opened the oil paper, revealing the sweet sesame candy inside, and picked up another piece of sesame candy and handed it to Zhuzi's mouth.
When Zhuzi smelled the sweet flavor, he knew that it was delicious. He took a bite of the sesame candy from Lin Shuyue's hand. It was so fragrant and sweet that Zhuzi squinted his eyes.
Lin Shuyue smiled. Although Zhuzi was stupid, he would not hurt anyone. He was quiet and peaceful. Grandma Sun had cleaned him up very well. He looked very well-behaved.
Seeing that Grandma Sun still looked worried and uneasy, she quickly comforted her, "Grandma, it's okay, Zhuzi is very well behaved. Here are some sesame candies, please keep them and give them to the child to sweeten his mouth."
As he said that, he stuffed the bag of sesame candy into Grandma Sun's hand.
Grandma Sun couldn't refuse, so she accepted it after thanking him repeatedly, and then took Zhuzi's hand and went back to the main room.
After dinner, no one felt sleepy, so they moved a few benches to sit in the yard to enjoy the cool air.
Summer is very strange. It is extremely hot during the day, but there is a cool breeze at night.
Su Jinxiao held his chin up to his hand and looked at the stars in the night sky. His voice was a little vague, "Brother Lin, do you have any brothers or sisters at home?"
"Ok?"
Lin Shuyue tilted her head to look at him in confusion. Seeing that he was staring at the night sky without looking back, she also looked up at the sky, with a hint of longing in her tone: "I have two very good and powerful brothers."
Su Jinxiao glanced back at her, then continued looking up at the sky. "I also have a brother. He is the deputy general of General Han stationed in Yecheng, Liangzhou. He is very powerful."
Lin Shuyue raised her eyebrows. She remembered that the eldest son of the Jingyuan Marquis's family was only in his early twenties, but he could serve as a deputy general beside the general stationed in a city. He was indeed capable.
"Before, when my eldest brother had not yet gone to the border, my father often praised him, praising his intelligence, courage and strategy.
Later, when he went to Yecheng, my father still praised him, praising his prudent behavior and the achievements he had made at such a young age.
Su Jinxiao's voice was a little muffled. He took a deep breath and continued, "To be honest, I'm actually a little jealous of my eldest brother. I'm jealous that when others mention him, they always say he's young and successful.
And when I am mentioned, I become the little playboy in the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun."
Having said that, he turned his head and looked at Lin Shuyue with an apologetic look on his face: "By the way, Brother Lin, I forgot to tell you, my father is Marquis Jingyuan, and I am his youngest son. I am also known as a dandy boy by everyone in the capital."